Archive for November, 2007
November 30, 2007
Title Project Management Software Risk Plan
Description A risk plan can be created by using the page entitled create a rick plan. This is found in the project management life cycle.
Keywords project management life cycle risk plan.
Q: How should I go about planning to resolve risks within my project? I have listed all of the project management risks that might apply to our tasks throughout the project management life cycle, but to be honest, I’m not sure where to start, in creating a project management risk plan.
A: It’s fairly straight forward using our project management software. First, open the project management life cycle page titled “Create a Risk Plan” and then follow the steps by identifyin gthe risks formally, quantifying the likelihood of each risk occurring, then create a risk schedule to plan activities which mitigate each risk and finally create a projewct management process for managing risks throughout the entire project management life cycle.
November 29, 2007
Q: I have created a quality plan using your project management process included in your project software, but I’m not sure if I have set out the right quality targets. How can I check that they are right?
A: There is really no way to tell for sure without having a detailed look at your project management process for quality management and the actual quality targets you have created, but it is fair to say that if you have created your quality plan based on the process described in our software, then you’ll be more than half way there. In our project management process for quality management, it tells you how to set out quality targets by listing the requirements for quality within the project, detailing the deliverables that the quality targets appy to, and then listing the quality criteria and standards to be achieved. If you follow these instructions, then you will create a relatively robust quality plan for your project.
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November 28, 2007
Q: My project team is about to create a financial plan and I’d like to know which project management process I should use to do it?
A: Within our project management methodology, there is a separate project management process called “Create a Financial Plan”. This process tells you how to create a financial plan in project management, by listing all of the expenses that are likely to incur during the project management life cycle, forecasting the unit cost of each expense item and then calculating the total expense of the project. This sets out your project budget.
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November 27, 2007
Q: I need to create a resource plan for my project. Should I set out the people that I need to deliver my project on time or should I define other things?
A: In project management, a resource can be used to define many different things. It’s a person, but it’s also used to define equipment, as well as materials. In fact it’s everything physical that you need (whether it be an office chair, telecommunications line or construction materials) to complete you project on time and within budget.
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November 26, 2007
Q: It seems that everyone knows how to create one. But what really is in a project management plan. Is it just a Gantt chart, or is it more?
A: In our project management methodology, a project management plan is defined are much more than just a gantt chart. It’s the way that you define, scope and plan your project. Firstly, you create a complete work breakdown structure of all of the phases, activites and tasks that are required to complete your project. Next, you identify all of the resources that are needed including people, equipment and materials. And finally, you construct a project schedule which sets out the order and sequence of your tasks.
November 23, 2007
Q: We’re at the end of the initiation phase and before we kick off with more detailed project management planning, I’m trying to convince my team that we need to review the progress of the project to date. How does your project management software help me do this?
A: Within our project management methodology, at the end of the Initiation phase, there is a step called “Perform Phase Review”. This step helps you to review the project to date, by defining the criteria for the review, undertaking the review, completing a phase review form and seeking approval to proceed to the next phase in the project.
November 22, 2007
Q: I need to setup a Project Management Office to house my team, but I don’t know what to do. Can you enlighten me.
A: The Project Management Office, Project Office or otherwise known as the PMO, is the place that your project administration staff reside, as you have rightly pointed out. In some cases, projects have a “virtual” project office as their teams are spread physically across the country or planet. To setup a project office, follow the steps on the page “set up a project office” in our project management software. It helps you to define the role of the project management office, resource and locate the project office, create the tools to run the project office and operate the project office effectively.
November 21, 2007
Q: At what stage in the project management life cycle should I appoint the project management team ? In your project management methodology, it looks like you appoint the team at the start of the project, but I may need other team members as the project goes on.
A: In most projects, the core teams are appointed at the outset, during the project initiation phase. However during the project execution phase, you may need to ramp up your project by apopointing the balance of team members required to complete your project successfully. The most important thing is that during the project initiation phase, you define all of the project roles needed throughout the entire length of the project, so you don’t wait until you need to hire someone before you define their job description.
